DAY 30
DATE: Wednesday, September 20, 2012
TIME: 10:35 pm
A. OPENING THOUGHTS/OBSERVATIONS:
One more week of the production Farragut North and I’ve been pretty pleased with my work. I can see tangible results in my body fat loss and muscle definition and know that’s due to my consistent working out and monitoring of diet.
So today I reflect on completion. There comes a time when you have to acknowledge what you’ve done. Something significant has been competed here. Even though I know now that I’ve committed myself to an eternity of spiritual living, I can look at this moment as a miracle.
The ego has carved out a destiny for me and I’m coming to accept that. But part of that destiny was to complete this work. As I come to the end of this Quest I realize I have only one choice - that is a choice between Love or fear, Source or ego. I really have no say in my ego’s plan. All I can do is acknowledge the Source within me and listen to that wisdom. Maybe it has the power to change my experience of destiny. Maybe these words will help to free others from the confines of their own egos. All I can do is choose joy now.
My final entry for this Quest is one of acceptance. I accept that I am Infinite right now. Time does not exist in the way I used to think of it. I believe the Quest process, when used to transcend ego, can create miracles and collapse the “laws” of time. But first I accept that I am as God created me. “Light and joy and peace abide in me” as A Course in Miracles has had me reaffirm. All “things” and experiences are merely an outgrowth, a creation, of that loving intention.
B. DREAM ENTRY:
My mind was busy today. I dreamed I was on a cruise ship and worked as the fitness director on board the vessel. Former clients of mine sent me their “love” as I ventured into this new endeavor. On board there was a man, someone I knew in my waking life, who physically challenged my authority and attacked me. As hard as he tried he could not wrestle me off my feet. I effortlessly deflected his attacks and he gave up after three tries.
The cruise ship represents my training practice helping others access other realms of manifested desires. The former clients who have moved on from my training sent back their love, further increasing my value and knowledge. The man who challenged me was someone I knew in life as a very intellectual person who challenges my beliefs in real life. He represents “limitation” of my ego which I feel I can easily work with. In fact, according to the dream, my ego “gives up” pretty easily.
C. Today’s Emotional Exercises are very specific.
Exercise 1: Go 3-4 Layers deep of questions for one intention from this past 60 Day Quest. (Representing TRANSCENDENCE.)
Exercise 2: Go 3-4 Layers deep of questions one intention for your next 60 Day Quest. (Again, TRANSCENDENCE.)
Exercise 3: Review the courses of action you took in this past Quest and explain what they mean to you today. (Representing CLIMAX.)
Exercise 4: Project
a “Climatic Moment” for each of your intentions for your next 60 Day
Quest. (It doesn’t have to be set in stone but search yourself for a
possible course of action.) (CLIMAX)
Exercise 5: Between each set, explain what Origins, Shadows, Helping Hands, and Deserts mean to you. (Representing DESTINY.)
Exercise 6: Between each set, explain what Plot Twists, Nights, Transcendence and Climax mean to you. (DESTINY)
In the Additional Journal Entries section, explain what Destiny means to you.
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The Workout
Focus on Day Off
1. Exercise 1: n/a
______ Sets of _________ Reps
Go 3-4 Layers Deep with Questions from 1 Intention of this past Quest:
After Set 1: Intention was Content for Book
(a) Question 1: Are you satisfied and pleased with this draft of the book?
Answer: Yes, I feel like this is now a complete work. I will make some basic
editing before posting each chapter in a blog. But for the most part, I
feel the material is ready to stand on it’s own.
After Set 2:
(b) Question 2: What information do you feel compelled to include when you make your next round of edits?
Answer: One would be that what your mind is focused on will determine the quality of your workouts. Another would be that the body should be thought of as merely a communication tool for the spirit, and not the source of life and thought. I can see where my body has naturally improved in appearance and function once I accepted this belief.
After Set 3:
(c) Question 3: Do you believe this material then can heal the sick?
Answer: No, the material in this book is only words. The reader has the power to heal themselves using these words as a reflection of their own mind's healing intentions. The Chinese symbol for listening combines characters meaning “ear” and “world”; so to listen is to literally enter one’s world. The reader of this book could enter the world of being Whole, to be Whole is to be healed.
After Set 4/Between Sets:
(d) Question 4: What is the one piece of information you need to feel completely healed of your own ego, Mike?
Answer: To understand the Giving/Receiving Dynamic in order to express my creative urges. I need to be able to serve and connect.
2. Exercise 2: n/a
_________Sets of _________ Reps
Go 3-4 Layers Deep with Questions for 1 Intention for your Future Quest:
After Set 1: Intention is Mastering the Giving/Receiving Dynamic
(a) Question 1: What is the Giving/Receiving Dynamic?
Answer: The G/R Dynamic is a psychological shift in perceiving myself as Whole or with infinite riches. Since at the level of Source reality all is One, I must see myself as One with the Creator of all things with infinite power. When I can give people what they seek then, by perceiving my own gifts, I can receive the greatest gifts which will make me Whole. In this case I am looking for financial freedom to start a family. I see myself as already healed and Whole because I already have, say $100,000/year in services to offer at a generously affordable value.
After Set 2:
(b) Question 2: Why do you believe the G/R Dynamic works? How will you stay consistent with abiding by it?
Answer: First of all, I do accept the idea that there are no levels of difficulty in miracles. I also know that I have received before when in a constant state of having a desire to give. Having this principle become the Boon of my Quest helps in addition to making it an intention. Really the only difference is that I’m doing the same things as I’ve done before: Creating a video, offering group training, willing and available to work 40-50 hours. Only now I’m requesting a small amount for any one who chooses to be in this energy.
After Set 3:
(c) Question 3: What does being in a constant state of giving have to do with any of this?
Answer: My errors from the past was perceiving myself as “out of order”. My energies were focused on the unfairness of corporate America (taking), planning on how to generate business instead of reaching out (isolation), and distracting myself from this pain by getting lost in my ego’s dreams (separation). Now I can reverse this to create new connections.
After Set 4/Between Sets:
(d) Question 4: How do you intend to reverse this? What logical reason could you have to believe this will change things?
Answer: First of all I accept that I’m happy now. I accept what knowledge has been bestowed on me and sincerely do consider it as “riches”. From the “taking” perspective above, I now know the value I’ve been offering at my job. I can offer the same value to people for almost half to 66% off what they’re already paying to a corporate entity. In turn, I can now receive 100% of that income instead of 10% which the corporate entity offers me. In the case of “isolation”, I’m simply doing what I’ve done successfully in the past except now putting a value to it which will make people commit more. Now I see my desire to travel and write a book as a happy thought, no longer and all consuming distraction. I am passionate about being here with this material instead of separating my essence by wishing I was “all other places” except here and now. My power and focus are with me in the "now".
3. Exercise 3: n/a
______ Sets of _________ Reps
Reflect on the possible long-term effects of the action steps you took for this past Quest.
After Set 1: Intention is Rich Spiritual Life
(a) Letting go of desire for three days helped me acknowledge the Source within me with more potency. Before desire would distract me, then consume me, then finally disappoint me. Finally it would temporarily strand me. That is no longer a problem because of the joy I’m experiencing from my spiritual training and interactions from the Question Circle.
After Set 2: Intention is Develop Content for Book
(b) Between keeping my daily journal and outlining the chapters in the last couple days, the long-term effects of my actions have provided me with a clear vision of what this book can be. In a sense, it’s already written and all I need to do is “fill in the blanks”.
After Set 3: Intention is Increased Confidence
(c) By reaching out to the five people (as chronicled some of these people were couples) that I did a few days ago I realize now that if I’m ever feeling disconnected it’s because I haven’t been reaching out and giving to others. After getting the ball rolling with connecting, I find that all I have to do is ask questions to feel connected again. I sincerely see the Light in my brothers and sisters.
After Set 4/Between Sets: Intention is New Person in 30 Days
(d) By taking time out to meditate, engaging in inactive activity, I’ve learned that I “rest in God”. This is a Course in Miracles concept and I understand that any stress, any judgment, is separation which “keeps me in hell”. Therefore once I forgive and see the block for what it is, immediate connection follows.
4. Exercise 4: n/a
______ Sets of _________ Reps
Project some possible action steps for each intention to be included for your Future Quest.
After Set 1: Intention is Blog of this Book
(a) A future climatic action of this intention is to share this blog with my Facebook friends, my Question Circle, and the future meetup group. I might even ask the question for someone to try the 30 Day Quest and log in feedback during their Quest on my blog. This would help develop further content and enthusiasm for this material.
After Set 2: Intention is 8-10 Hours of Group Training
(b) Climatic action is obviously announcing the event of these Group Trainings. To begin with 8 to 10 hours I should announce a High Intensity Fitness and Low Intensity Fitness session during the weekend and in the middle of the week (4 hours). Then I can specifically do a Full Body without Coaching, Coaching without Fitness, Abs/Core, Upper Body, Lower Body and Boxing/Martial Arts. This would give me 10 hours if I can fill 3-5 clients in each.
After Set 3: Intention is ACIM Work
(c) Not sure what would be climatic about this as moments of epiphanies happen without planning. Maybe a 9 Day Quest centering around this intention could create the “Climatic Moment” for me just like I found the Giving/Receiving Dynamic.
After Set 4/Between Sets: Intention is Mastering the Giving/Receiving Dynamic
(d) Again, the 9 Day Quest could bring clarity to this. Maybe in the climatic moment I could dedicate the day to giving something of worth every hour for the day.
5. Exercise 5: n/a
______ Sets of _________ Reps
Between Each Set Answer the Questions Below:
After Set 1:
What does ‘Origins’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(a) “Origins” is launching the creation, that is, making the decision about what to create. It calls to me saying, “Yes, you are created in God’s image - now create like your Creator!” It is the moment of decision where you decide to be a creator.
After Set 2:
What does ‘Shadows’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(b) “Shadows” merely represents the ego - the scary thought which is the basis of all fear-based thoughts. The phase is a call to shine “Light” on your sense of separation. Once reconnected then power to manifest is generated.
After Set 3:
What does ‘Helping Hands’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(c) “Helping Hands” is the act of regeneration. It is the Light that shines on the shadow/ego. It acknowledges that I am more than a body and in truth a creative being. We are One with THE Creative Being. It represents the part of me that is already at the “end” of the Quest. It represents the part of me that is timeless which communicates to me in "the past".
After Set 4/Between Sets:
What does ‘Deserts’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(d) “Deserts” is assuring the spirit that the ego is truly an illusion. The constant choice to see “Light” is required to navigate the desert where mirages derive enjoyment from tricking you. It is here where the “Light” is seen not as something you bring your roadblocks to, but rather you bring all your myriad of the ego's roadblocks to "The Light". "Deserts" represents the temptation of "unworthiness".
6. Exercise 6: n/a
______ Sets of _________ Reps
Between Each Set Answer the Questions Below:
After Set 1:
What does ‘Plot Twists’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(a) “Plot Twists” is similar to “Deserts” in that it’s the second temptation. Where “Deserts” presents a wasteland, “Plot Twists” presents distraction. It sometimes can present other rewards for straying from your Quest, or ask you to bow down to another god. This phase allows the ego to believe it is creating something meaningful when in reality it’s another mirage in the desert. This phase is the temptation of "grandiosity" which is the ego's creation of images, as opposed to connecting to a feeling of "Grandeur" which is the Spirit's reality.
After Set 2:
What does ‘Dark Night’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(b) “Dark Night” is the third temptation. If Deserts is the temptation of lack or unworthiness, Plot Twists is of pride, then “Night” is of fear. Keeping with the theme of reaching beyond ego to connect to Source, then Nights is the moment death, which is also an illusion of the ego. This is where you confront that which the ego is threatening you with and turn that fear around into power.
After Set 3:
What does ‘Transcendence’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(c) “Transcendence” is the answer to your prayer, the answer to your "Quest"-ion. The full power of Source is recognized and assimilated after the ego has destroyed itself during “Dark Night”. If the program for healing has been “downloaded” during this phase, then “Climax” represents hitting the “Enter” button.
After Set 4/Between Sets:
What does ‘Climax’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
(d) Climax is the moment of power. It is the miracle. This is where others are able to share the message which has been communicated effectively. It is the result, a moment that will forever define future Quests. Power is Atoned (At-One) from the Father and bestowed on the Son.
DIET JOURNAL: (log in any foods you consumed for the day)
Multi-Grain Bagel
Multi-Grain Bagel
Protein Shake
Egg White Omlette
ADDITIONAL JOURNAL ENTRIES:
What does ‘Destiny’ mean to you after taking the 30 Day Quest?
“Destiny” is the choice to know your birthright as Child of God. You can deny that and serve the god of ego, but regardless of the successes experienced you will always feel incomplete. Therefore “Destiny” is mastery of the knowledge of knowing how to choose Source as your guide. Mastery of Destiny comes when the ego has completely been relinquished. Mastery of Destiny also comes by teaching others of their own birthright of this connection to Source. We are here on Earth to heal in order to create in heaven, or possibly, to bring a little bit of Heaven here to Earth by our true creations.
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